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Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Deborah Kerr: Years from now,...

Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.

Source: In Tea and...

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Anne Baxter: It's best to...

Anne Baxter: It's best to...

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the...

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Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next...

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Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Sandra Bernhard: Love is the...

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

Source: In Words of...

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Goldie Hawn: There are only...

Goldie Hawn: There are only...

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss...

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Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Shirley Temple Black: Mr. President, I...

Mr. President, I don't know why it took us 200 years for one of us to get the job [of...

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Raquel Welch: You can't fake...

Raquel Welch: You can't fake...

You can't fake listening. It shows.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

Nikki Giovanni: It is not...

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

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Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

Louise Erdrich: It was enough...

It was enough just to sit there without words.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Lorraine Hansberry: Never be afraid...

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Source:
-- Lorraine Hansberry, (May 19...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Source: From Journey...

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Alberta Hunter: Blues means what...

Alberta Hunter: Blues means what...

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our...

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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Amie Comeaux: Some things are...

Some things are meant to happen
Some things are bound to be
Love has a way of making doubting hearts...

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Nina Simone: It's time to...

Nina Simone: It's time to...

It's time to take a look at my failures and stop calling them successes. Now I can start working at something that can...

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Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Diane Arbus: Most people go...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their...

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Louise Nevelson: Life isn't one...

Louise Nevelson: Life isn't one...

Life isn't one straight line. Most of us have to be transplanted, like a tree, before we...

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Mary Kay Ash: Listen long enough...

Mary Kay Ash: Listen long enough...

Listen long enough and the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

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